Accessories Clean your sax with the new Airswab

[Ghr9204]

How did you play in tune?

I just do it, no matter the atmospheric conditions, whether cold or warmed up, learned to play saxes in tune years ago. Tweak the overall adjustment with the mouthpiece, then compensate the rest by embouchure.

Play in tune throughout range, maintain a consistent pleasing vibrato, use phrasing and accents throughout.

The proof was in the kettle. I collected easily 4 times that of a standard bell ringer.

 

[Ghr9204]

Come on, where are you Trekkies?!

Pro'ly standing around that doohickey gazing at it like it was Bones' Tricorder? 😛

Me thinks this thread has finally run its course? 🙂

 

[Pete Effamy]

Pro'ly standing around that doohickey gazing at it like it was Bones' Tricorder? 😛

Me thinks this thread has finally run its course? 🙂

Got further than that hairdryer will though, me thinks.

 

[Ghr9204]

How did you play in tune?

I didn't think about it, I just did it.

The Beaugnier Vito bari is about one of the easiest saxes to play, my Rico Graftonite B5 mouthpiece and a soft reed (because of its wider tip) is a good match. Altissimo is a joy on it.

 

[Dr G]

No “Wayne’s World” fans here? This seems entirely derivative from the “Suck Cut”.

 

[Vlad]

As regards Trekkies..The thing looks a bit like a Phaser too..

 

[Ivan]

As regards Trekkies..The thing looks a bit like a Phaser too..

 

[Vlad]

Mr Spock tries out the airswab... he doesn't look convinced

 

[Targa]

Mr Spock tries out the airswab... he doesn't look convinced

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You feeling damp, Punk?

 

[Tuppertn]

Resurrecting this thread because I got a free air duster as a door prize around November of last year. It's basically the same thing as the Airswab. FWIW, this is the one I was given:

Gooloo Air Duster

Okay, so the "Airswab" got lambasted in this thread for being an expensive gimmick. £60 was way too much. I guess they didn't sell at that price point because now I'm seeing them for less than half that. More like about £25 or $21 US.

I figured I'd throw this out there because I've actually been using mine to dry my horns after practice and it works really well.

I run a swab through the horn once, prop open low Eb and C# then stick the air duster in the neck receiver on medium speed. In just 2 or 3 minutes the horn is bone dry inside.

I'm gonna swim upstream here and say that for £25 an Airswab (or generically similar thingy) is probably worth it. I really like mine.

Flame suit on.

 

[nvilletele]

A cold wind, someone said?

A howling wind.

As Graham Parker told us:

And I know a howlin' wind runs through here
Blowin' every day
Yeah a howlin' wind runs through here
Takes my breath away

 

[Pete Thomas]

But where is the answer, my friend?

 

[Targa]

But where is the answer, my friend?

On the back of a postcard.

 

[lig]

Resurrecting this thread because I got a free air duster as a door prize around November of last year. It's basically the same thing as the Airswab. FWIW, this is the one I was given:

Gooloo Air Duster

Okay, so the "Airswab" got lambasted in this thread for being an expensive gimmick. £60 was way too much. I guess they didn't sell at that price point because now I'm seeing them for less than half that. More like about £25 or $21 US.

I figured I'd throw this out there because I've actually been using mine to dry my horns after practice and it works really well.

I run a swab through the horn once, prop open low Eb and C# then stick the air duster in the neck receiver on medium speed. In just 2 or 3 minutes the horn is bone dry inside.

I'm gonna swim upstream here and say that for £25 an Airswab (or generically similar thingy) is probably worth it. I really like mine.

Flame suit on.

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Thanks for your post. The missus and I love this little blower.

Perfect for a ton of little jobs. Firestarter for fire pit/ bbq. Cleaning out the vacuum cleaner bins. Keyboard and camera gear duster. Camera / lens duster. Out on the deck trimming beard. Perfect for blowing away the mess.

Oh yeah - pad dryer. 😀 Works nicely for that job and gets moisture that a swab wouldn't reach.

Best $25-30$ I've spent in a little while at least. Free would have been better but worth it.

It's such a hit with the better half that she's having me buy a few extras for gifts.

 

[AlonW]

I just leave my case open for a few minutes to dry out the sax a bit after I'm done playing.

 

[Tuppertn]

Pads dry faster with the duster if you loosely plug the bell. I wad up the swab cloth and put it just inside the bell. Which forces all the air out through the toneholes.

 

[AlonW]

does drying the pads more quickly with hot air cause them to warp at all?

 

[lig]

does drying the pads more quickly with hot air cause them to warp at all?

Unsure. These little blowers don’t heat the air like a hair dryer.

You are literally blowing the moisture off the pads with high velocity air.